Comparative & Experimental Medicine (CEM) Graduate Program
Degrees offered: MS and PhD
Please note: The CEM Program is not administered by the "Comparative Medicine Department." "Comparative Medicine" is a department within the CEM Program and does not have a graduate program of its own. To navigate to the Comparative Medicine Department, please click here.
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The Comparative and Experimental Medicine (CEM) degree program (MS and PhD) is a jointly administered graduate program intended to prepare students for teaching and/or research careers in the health sciences. This program emphasizes the comparative approach to the study of biomedical science.The program is open to approved graduate students seeking training in this area and is especially useful for individuals with professional degrees.
For the student with an undergraduate biological science background, the CEM Program provides an unusual opportunity to study disease processes common in animals and humans from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The scope of this intercollegiate program, which pools faculty resources from both veterinary and human medicine, is broadened by faculty members representing wide-ranging interests in biomedical disciplines and areas of the life sciences. The interdisciplinary training environment includes such diverse support as facilities and personnel at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Tennessee (UT) Medical Center at Knoxville, life sciences departments, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, College of Engineering, and the Department of Nutrition.
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies: Dr. Robert N. Moore